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Harris, Alan William (1938 - 2006) |
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| Born: 3 June 1938 Hastings, United Kingdom. Died: 18 June 2006 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. |
| Alan William Harris was a researcher at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) for thirty-six years, retiring in 2005 at the level of Senior Research Fellow. Much of his time was spent in WEHI’s Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division where he worked on the analysis of tumor development. He was one of the first to develop transgenic mice. Harris and colleagues soon uncovered how different types of leukaemias and lymphomas developed and their genetic susceptibilities. Prior to arriving at WEHI, he had worked at the Salk Institute in California where he developed numerous single antibody-producing cancer cell lines which were instrumental in the ground-breaking research of others. Harris served on the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s animal ethics committee (1985-2004) and was a member of the Cancer Council of Victoria’s medical and scientific committee for sixteen years. |
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